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comes n hush as The people wait with bated
breath for the result. The suspense is pain
full, but just as we think the brave fellow is
to be in4mletl, he springs nim.lv to one side,
and with Il dexterous. graceful thrust plants
a banderiilo in either shoulder of the beast as
it rushes by him at headlong speed. What a
shout went up from that multitude of peo-
pie! 1t was like the rush and roar of tor
nado through the forest
As soon as the bull can check himself in his
headlong rush he turns about and charges at
another banderillero, who plants two more
barbs in his shoulders, and again for the third
time the act is repeated
The bull is beside himself now with pain
and rage, and, snorting and believing, he
dashes madly here and there
A signal from the president indicates that
the bull has been tortured enough and must
be killed. A bugle blast sounds and Mazzan-
tini-the peerless, the incompatible, the idol
ized-enters the arena for the final act in this
bloody drama. He will dispatch the bull
with single thrust of his keen sword. See
how defiant he is, how cool and brave. He
must not finch or his life will pay the PEN
atty. Neither must he strike the bull unless
it shows fight; that would be cowardice, and
the populace would hiss and shout assassin"
and Coward"
But the bull is game to the last How he
bellows and paws the ground, and catching
sight of the matador, makes a mad, wild
charge at him. The matador has red cloth
in his hand which he shakes at the bull, still
more enlaging him. The beast rushes at the
cloth, the matador holds it to one side. and
as the bull reaches it and it faunts in his
face, the matador's sword sinks to the hilt in
his shoulder The bull falls and is dis
patched with a stab of dagger.
Now the vast amphitheatre shakes with the
deafening applause of the populace, and hats,
canes and countless other articles are show
cred into the ring by the excited people.
Mazzantini smilingly bows in gracious ac-
acknowledgement and retires, and while the
band plays three gayly caparisoned mules,
harnessed abreast, drag out the dead bull.
A. TIFFANY NORTON.
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The pounds sterling may be reduced to dol
lars by multiplying by ST. "a, or, approximate
ly, S. to the pound. The dates to 1915 are at
the close of each protracted war, showing
that the Napoleonic wars increased the debt
more than threefold in twenty years AS
the tGtal population is 81 ,000, 600. it is plain
that the debts, both absolutely and per capita,
larger than was that of the United States at the
close of the civil war. Yet the total mileage
of railways in the United Kingdom was in
1884 but is, S64 and in the whole empire not
quite $4,000. The debts of the colonies vary
greatly, but that of Canada is but little less
IN proportion to population than that of the
mother country.
The total foreign trade of the United
Kingdom for 1885 was 9644, ,769, ,249-about
$3,g5, 900, ,OO0-and the excess of imports over
exports was 9160, SOP, ,907, or, in round num-
bers, $500, 100000 This is, by an awkward
phrase, called the adverse balance of trade"
but in England's case it is simply the interest
OH what the world owes Ler, the profits OF
the ocean freighting done for other nations
and the dividends Of British investments in
other lands. The British army for the last
year returned numbered 142, 1874 of all ranks
and it's cost that year 1855 was Ell, $50, ZOO
The navy cost e12, 1856 500 Total military
S<ApSA'cS
O00 The revenue that year was 9S8, ,043, ,11O,
which paid the military expenses, the inter-
est on the debt les, ,SS3, ,673) and left for all
other purposes but EGO ,O22 237, or near $145,-
100000. OF the total revenue e20, 1921 600 was
derived from the tariff and e26, 100000 from
liquors, leaving nearly e42, ,000,0 900 to be de-
rived from incomes and specific taxes by
stamp and license. The national taxation,
therefore, is not far from $12 for each person
in the kingdom. 1t is estimated that taxa
tion for local purposes averages $S per capita,
a total of nearly $40, for each Briton. The
taxes for the support of paupers have been
slowly decreasing for many years and those
for education increasing, with these happy
results: The per cent of males over 81 who
could not write was in 1843 32.7; in 1853,
30.4; in 1858, %. s; in 1878, 1873; in 1883, 1876
Intemperance and crimes of violence have
decreased nearly as fast as illiteracy No
census is given of women who cannot write,
but the number is known to be much greater
than of men. The kingdom contains 100000
more women than men.
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c. W. coULDock benefit at the Star
theatre, in this city, on the 10th of May.
Booth, Barrett Jefferson, Mantell, John
Gilbert, Fanny Davenport, Mrs. John Drew
and other shining stars of the dramatic
armament will take part.
CouldocL is the oldest "old man" of the stage
"Old Couldock," his chums call him in good
fellowship. There are three patriarchs of the
stage-Couldock, William Warren and John
Gilbert Couldock was born in Long Acre,
England, in 1885, and was y years of age OH
April 26. He came to New York in 1885 and
played in the old Bowery theatre, and has
played all over the country ard in this city
ever since. As Luke Fielding in "rhe Willow
Copse" and Dunstan Kirke in "Hazel Kirke"
he is known to the playgoers of the country
In 1851 Nine. Celeste came to this cou,atry
and produced "The Willow Copse," designed
for her by Mr.. Boucicault. The piece was
presented at the old Walnut Street theatre, in
Philadelphia. A comparatively unknown
actor bs the name of Couldock was cast for the
part of Luke Fielding. When the engagement
was concluded Mime. Gel ste, magnalilnous
Us she was brilliant, handed Couldocll her
copy of the play, with these words: This
play is yours-I give it to you; it is yours by
right, for your genius and art have made
star part of Luke Fielding AS for me,
I take part in the play no more!" That
was more than third of century ago,
and still Couldock plays Luke Fielding with
the same pathetic strength which gained him
applause in those far off days. His own
daughter for time played the part of Rose,
but she died after short dramatic career.
Recently dear, little Bijou Heron played the
p:trt of Hazel Kirke, when he was Dulstan
her father.
Hazel Kirke" was first played under the
title of "The Iron WILL Steele Ma, Aare
found Couldock playing in it, AMI rrt,re..led
and renamed it, and the pattialcllaI actor has
PLAYED in it at least 35O times year dun ing
the past five years
In 1875 Steele Mackaye engaged Couklock
to play the part of the Professor in his play
called avon at Last, and his performance
of the character in this city is remembered
by all. He made such hit in this part that
when the Madison Square theatre was built
he was the first person engaged for the stock
company.
He played in the "American Cousin" with
Laura keene. Both lie and SotheriI at first
refused their parts in that play, thinking
there was nothing in them. Miss Keene re-
quested Them in II friendly way to play them
and cut them as much as they pleased.
Sothern's character was Lord Duntlreary,
and in disgust he went OH and guyed it I'M
mercifuily and made hit-in fact, made his
lifelong success and whatever fame lives after
him.
Couldock is favorite of the stage people
as well as the public. His benefit will be
something overwhelming, financially, no
doubt. G. L. BARNETT.
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WHAT MoRMoNlsM is.
A Moral Mosaic of Social Odds and
Ends.
Especial Correspondence.

Especial Correspondence
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 90
In former letter told you what Nor
monism was not--that it was not aggressive,
not growing and not in condition to outlast
fifty years, even ii the government let it en-
tirely alone. / will now vary the proceed
ings little by telling you what it is. 1t is a
moral mosaic, a composite concern made up
socially of the odds and ends of humanity,
and doctrinally of all the old sophistries and
worn out isms of 2, 600 years There is not
volume extant giving the church statement
Of faith but it is fatty contradicted in some
other volume or revelation Of equal authority.
For instance, the aBook of Mormon
says that David and Solomon acom-
mitted abomination" in having many
wives and concubines. while the "Reve-
lation on Celestial Marriage" first pub
lished in 1852, but written out by Joe
Smiths clerk in 1S43, opens with these words:
Verify, thus saith the Lord, that.
whereas you have inquired wherein |, the
Lord. justified my servants, Abraham, Isaac
and Jacob. as also David and Moses and Solo
mon my servants in the matter of their tav-
ing many wives and concubines, etc. Here
are Isaac and Moses classed with Solomon as
having many wives and concubines, while i'm
fact they had none of the latter and but one
at time Of the former; while tile revelation
says God 'sjustifiedn David and Solomon in
that which the book calls al determination. =
Iobserve, by the way, that the sons of Joe
Smith have lately had little SHUTTER at Kirt-
land, and the papers accept snelr statement
that their father was not polygamist. Well,
if he wasn't there are some mighty clever
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burg, where he COM GEN. WESLEY MERRITT.
manded the reserve brigade of cavalry and
was brevetted major for his bravery in that
engagement. From 1868 to 1864 he COM
manded a division of cavalry in central Vir-
ginia, and afterward served under
Gen. Sheridan in the Richmond cam
paign of 1864. He was brevetted
lieutenant colonel and subsequently colonel
for distinguished services at this period. He
went through the Shenandoah campaign
under Sheridan, and his courage and abilities
received the reward Of brevet major general
Gen. Merritt was commissioned lieutenant
colonel of the Ninth United States cavalry
OH June %, 1866, about six months after be-
ing mustered out of the volunteer service
He has served in various parts of the coun-
try since that date, chiefly in operations
against the Indians. His appointment to the
eolonelcy of the Fifth United States cavalry
came July 1, 1876, and he continued in active
command of that distinguished regiment
from October, 1876, to August, 1882 The ap-
pointment of superintendent of the mounted
recruiting service given him at that time was
revoked and that of superintendent of the
West Point Military academy substituted
for it.
Gen. Merritt is a strongly built mar, but
not tall. His head is large and massive, his
face resolute and weatherbeaten and his
abundant hair sprinkled with gray. He is
well preserved, affable and pleasant looking;
but he is strict disciplinarian and has done
much to eradicate the pernicious practice of
hazing at West Point.
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VOL. 18, NO. 45.
A FORGOTTEN HERO.
COL. RICHARD M. JOHNSON. OF
THE STATE OF KENTUCKY.
He Was Once a Vice President, and 1t
Was He Who Killed TecumseIl, the
Noted Indian Chief-His Life and His
Services to His Country.

topeclal correspondence.
FRANKFORT, KY, April q.
There was, perhaps, no more prominent
factor in the early history of Kentucky and
the great northwestern territory than Col.
Richard M. johnson. He died nearly forty
years ago, and his name is associated with
the killing of the great Indian chief, Tecum-
sch, and the vice presidency of the United
States under the administration of President
Martin Van Buren. Yet few readers in this
swiftly moving age have paused retrospect
lively long enough to dwell upon the value of
his services or wonder at his end. Fewer still
know that his last resting place is in Frank
fort, KY, and marked by handsome monu-
ment erected by his native commonwealth
The cemetery, situated on one of the sur
rounding hills, commands fine view of
the city and the Kentucky river. The most
conspicuous feature in the cemetery is shaft
sixty-two feet in height, reared in 1850 by
the state at cost of Sa2, 900, to perpetuate the
fame of the Kentuckians who fell in the
pioneer and later wars of the nation At the
foot of this shaft, among others, is the grave
of Henry Clay, Jr., a son of the great COM
moner of that name, and who fell at the
battle of Buena Vista. in 1S47. Far
over to the margin of the perpendicular hill
side is state monument over the famous pio-
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BATTLE OF MoNTAUK.
How the British Were Fooled-A Fair
Exchange.
Especial Correspondence
RRooRJ.yN An,

Exchange.
Especial Correspondence
BROOKLYN, April g.
The great battle of Montauk, for which
history gives no date, finally stopped certain
disagreeable landings of the English on Long
Island soil. 1t was spectacular contest, and
was fought between the English ON theii
vessels, some two miles off shore, and
the Americans on shore, without the
firing of gun. 1t was fought ON the line of
strategic tactics. Thus: The East Hampton
militia company marched round hill, in full
view of the feet, and then behind that hill
out of sight, where they turned their coats, so
giving the distant enemy, when they re-
appeared ON the same round, the idea
that it was another battalion. They
kept this mp, with various changes of
costume lonce peeling their trousers, for
half a day. and as a result the English
counted the same company over 50 many
times as to impress them with the idea that half
the state of New York was in arms in Mon
tauk Point The idea has since been utilized
in making stage armies effective in point of
numbers. That's what our grandfathers got
pensions for, and they deserved them.
Somehow the British slipped down, Long
Island during the revolution and held it
throughout the struggle. Washington never
got farther than Flatbush, SO there's not
house to show that he slept in east of that
point. After the revolution the state of New
York put special tax on the east end Long
Islanders because they had during the war
done so little fighting and bleeding and try
ing their souls for their country. ~
My grandmother, when a girl of IL years,
and residing at Southheld, was left alone at
home one day in charge Of an oven full of
bread. An English foraging party came to
the house and captured all the hot loaye,.
AS they were leaving one Of the soldiers,
who was probably conscience stricken at the
robbery, pulled from bis pocket a Bible and
handed it to her. have the Bible, and the
soldiers name, David Cersewell, in a large
scrawiing hand, Is written within it in several
places. Its the King James version, printed
in London, 1774. p. M.
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man and his mis-
fortunes S fitting
throug b their
minds.
Fifty years ago
Charles w alter
Couldock, the man
who has made Luke
Fielding. began his
stage career. Now
his brother and sis
tier actors are about
to help him cele-
brate the anniver-
sary in a rousing
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the chief, cut the JOHNSON MONUMENT.
skin into strips and dried it for use as razor
strops. The death of Tecuaiseh was most
important event in the war. 1t forever
closed the strife for supremacy between the
whites and the Indians of the northwest
On his way back TO Washington Col john
son was everywhere received with the most
enthusiastic greetings, and congress BY JOINT
resolution directed that he be presented WIN
suitable testimonials of his service In 1919 he
retired from congress and was elected to the
legislature, which body at once raised him 70
the United States senate, and in 1872, IN
reelection to that high office, accorded him
the honor of the first unanimous election OF
the kind in the history of the state. While
serving in this capacity he became impressed
with the hardships of the old English common
law, then in vogue in the United States,
which turned every county Jail into a mar
shalsea for the oppression OF unfortunate
debtors. He drafted bin to ameliofate the
condition Of this class of citizens by siliarg'l'g
the area OF their confinement to the bou'i-
daries of the town, which the legislature y
Kentucky passed in 1920 The next year he
was made lanpy as the author Of the fli'sI blil
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neer Daniel Boone,
whose remains,
with those of his
faithful wife, were
brought back from
Mis- S ouri and
buried there in
1s45. Pioneers, SOL
diers, statesmen,
j ris is, poets,
churchnen, schol-
als and notewor-
thy men or all
grades and profes-
sions repose on
every hand, and
in the very midst
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MENTOR.
THE OLDEST "oLD MAN."

Charles w. Couldock, the Patriarch of
the Stage.
Especial Correspondence
NEW York, April 29
divinity years ago." begins Luke Fielding,
as he settles up" with his disobedient daugh-
ter; "twinty years ago." he continues, as he
goes ON to make her perfectly miserable and
finally hopelessly wretched. "Twinty years
ago." rings in the ears of the audience as they
pass out with the image of the severe old
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wounded me and
came out from be-
hind the tree and
started to attack
me with uplifted
tonahawk. When
he had come within
my mares length |
drew my pistol and
fired. He fell and
the Indians quickly
surren dere d or
fled. F"
1t was not known
until after the
battle that he had
killed Tecumseh,
though even then
there was great dis
pute as to the iden-
tity of the body.
It was said, and
also denied, that
the Kentuckians
in their nladdened
e. r,aya clyiuY,af9
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THE BRITISH EMPIRE.

What 1t Buys and SelIs-What 1t Owes
and What 1t Pays With.
The national debt of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland is subject of
perennial interest, both to the taxpayers ON
whom it rests and to the financiers of the
world. The following exhibit shows how the
debt grew in various wars and how it shrunk
A. very little in neace.
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GEN. WESLEY MERRITT.

The Youngest General Ohicer in the
United States Army but One.
Wesley Merritt, recently appointed briga-
dier general to succeed Gem Wilcox, II L.. ,4i,
is now the youngest general officer OF the
United States army, with the exception of
Gen. Miles. He was born in New York in
the year 1886 and graduated at West Point i'll
the class of 1860, when he was commissioned
breyet second lientenant of the DIMgoons
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Two years after he
was commissioned
captain in the Sec
ond United States
cavalry. At til e
outbreak of the war
he was serving i'll
Utah, whence he
was summoned to
Washington. ] n
June, 1853, he was
promoted to be a,
brigadier general Of
olun te ers. He
fOupht at Hettys-
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TROUBLE AMONG SURGEONS.
Medical Circles in the Navy Agitat-
ed Over an Arbitrary Removal.
From the Neao York World.

eu over an AfDItrary kemOYal.
From the Ne,o York World
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. There is great
excitement in navy medical circles. Sur
geon David l.. Huntington was yesterday
relieved from duty in the Surgeon Gen.
erals office, and Surgeon Charles X.
Greenleaf, now on duty at Chicago, has
been ordered to take mis- place. DR.. Hunt
ingtOn has been fl the Surgeon Generals
Office for many years. He is very famil-
lar with all the detail work of the office,
and has been practically the Surgeon
General for long time. 1t was he who
gave the President the information which
led to the appointment of DIR. Moore TO
the Surgeon Generalship. DIR. Baxter,
who has been an ardent candidate for the
Surgeon Generalship, mad the backing of
Adjt. Gen. Drum, and this order 10 under
stood to be punishment OF Huntington
for his Indirect opposition to DIR. Baxter.
Surgeon Gen. Moore was asked by the
Secretary of War to relieve DIR. Hunting
ton. This he refused to do, as be said he
could not get along without him. He
was not familiar enough with the duties
OF the office. Then Mr.. EndIcot made the
order directly over his head, acting, it is
understood, under the influence of Gen.
Drum, who is DR.. Bakers close friend.
An army doctor said to-day be understood
that pr. Baxter was going to have all OF
the army surgeons at Washington who
had opposed him in his ambition to
become Surgeon General, ordered away
from here. The Surgeon General expects
to make an appeal to the President In the
interests Of DIR. Huntington.